SSIS – Avoid OLE DB Command
I decided to do a little performance testing on some common SSIS “Tricks” that increase speed and effectiveness of SSIS...
2008-12-29
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Blog Posts
April Fools Challenge
I know it's not April 1st yet, but I wanted to throw out a couple comments and a challenge well...
2008-12-28
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A Little Work
Tia came down and asked if we should do something with the kids, bowling, movies, etc. I told her I...
2008-12-26
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One Year In
I got my Toshiba Qosmio a little over a year ago and it has been a great machine for me...
2008-12-26
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When Data Mining Goes Too Far
Data mining is commonly used to find otherwise undetectable patterns in related sets of data. However, sometimes these patterns provide...
2008-12-26
1,524 reads
Grasshopper
During a recent class I happened to mention something about grasshopper, and a student wasn't familiar with the reference to...
2008-12-25
1,772 reads
Merry Christmas
I'm sure some of the geeks out there are logging onto the web, checking feeds, and whiling away some of...
2008-12-25
1,394 reads
Building an Infrastructure
As we try and evolve our automotive industry, and perhaps our energy policy, to move into the future in the...
2008-12-24
1,489 reads
Merry Xmas
I'm enjoying today with family and hope you are as well. Nothing complicated today, just some appropriate music!
Bruce Springsteen - Santa...
2008-12-24
1,467 reads
Blackberry Bold
It was only a year ago that I moved from the Blackjack to the Blackberry Curve and overall I was...
2008-12-23
1,417 reads
Blogs
From DBA or Data Engineer to AI Engineer: A Realistic Path
If you spend your days tuning queries, managing pipelines, or keeping a production database...
SQL Server gMSA: Why So Many DBAs Still Aren't Using It in 2026
By SQLPals
SQL Server gMSA: Why DBAs Still Aren't Using It in 2026 ...
Take Time to Gain Perspective
By Brian Kelley
Probably the best piece of advice I ever received is to take time to...
Forums
Fulltext filter daemon host (FDHost) process has stopped abnormally
We have performed a side-by-side upgrade, from SQL Server 2016 to 2022 Developer Edition,...
Automating OSM Data Refresh in Power BI’s Azure Maps Reference Layer
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Database Mail Configuration
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Question of the Day
Database Mail Configuration
If I want to get a list of the configuration settings for Database Mail using T-SQL, how can I do so?
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